GameFace Labs On Their Upcoming Untethered VR Headset

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Yesterday on the CES TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield stage I sat down with Edward Mason, Founder and CEO of VR Headset startup GameFace Labs.

Founded in London, GameFace Labs makes a self-contained VR headset, meaning it doesn’t need to be attached to an external computer like Oculus or other headsets that require a high-powered gaming rig.

GameFace Lab’s first device will ship in 2017, but I had a chance to try on a beta version yesterday, which I was pleasantly surprised by.Afterwords, I talked with Mason about the future of virtual reality, what it’s like building VR startup in London, and the difficulties of converting the masses to VR.

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OverviewWe are creating the world’s first standalone VR console, powered by an App Store that we control and with access to more content than any other device on the market. Whilst developing our HMC, we are exploring commercial opportunities to co–brand / white label our technology to OEMs and ODMs interested in a VR solution that is both untethered and more powerful than a smartphone. We are the only …